“Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them”

“Grown ups never understood anything by themselves. And it is rather tedious to have to explain things to them time and again”

“Human passions have mysterious ways, in children as well as grown-ups. Those affected by them can’t explain them, and those who haven’t known them have no understanding of them at all.”

“Children's games are stronger than you remember once you've grown up and left them behind. They're always fair, and never kind.”

“That's the way they are. You must not hold it against them. Children should be very understanding of grown-ups.”

“You know, small children take it as a matter of course that things will change every day and grown-ups understand that things change sooner or later and their job is to keep them from changing as long as possible. It’s only kids in high school who are convinced they’re never going to change. There’s always going to be a pep rally and there’s always going to be a spectator bus, somewhere out there in their future.”